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H.R.1141
1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (Enrolled Bill (Sent
to President))
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WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
Of the funds made available under this heading for fire operations in
previous Acts of appropriation (exclusive of amounts for hazardous fuels
reduction), $100,000,000 shall be transferred to the Knutson-Vandenberg fund
established pursuant to section 3 of Public Law 71-319 (16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.)
within 10 days of the enactment of this Act.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 3001. The Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section 101(e) of the
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999
(Public Law 105-277)) is amended under the heading `Forest Service,
Reconstruction and Construction' by inserting before the final period the
following: `: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, funds appropriated for Forest Service construction of a new
forestry research facility at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, shall be
available for a direct payment to Auburn University for this purpose:
Provided further, That if within the life of the facility the USDA
Forest Service needs additional space for collaborative laboratory activities
on the Auburn University campus, Auburn University shall provide such
laboratory space within the new facility constructed with these funds, free of
any charge for rent'.
SEC. 3002. None of the funds made available under this or any other Act
may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to issue and finalize the rule to
revise 43 CFR Part 3809, published on February 9, 1999 at 64 Fed. Reg. 6421 or
the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Surface Management Regulations for
Locatable Mineral Operations, published in February, 1999, unless the
Secretary has provided a period of not less than 120 days for accepting public
comment on the proposed rule after the report of the National Academy of
Sciences' Committee on Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands, authorized and
required by the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section 101(e) of the Omnibus
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law
105-277)) is submitted to the appropriate Federal agencies, the Congress, and
the Governors of the affected States in accordance with the requirements of
that Act.
SEC. 3003. None of the funds in this or any other Act shall be used to
issue a notice of final rulemaking with respect to the valuation of crude oil
for royalty purposes, including a rulemaking derived from proposed rules
published in 63 Federal Register 6113 (1998), 62 Federal Register 36030, and
62 Federal Register 3742 (1997) until October 1, 1999, or until there is a
negotiated agreement on the rule.
SEC. 3004. Section 328 of the Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277, division A, section
1(e), title III) is amended by striking `none of the funds in this Act' and
inserting `none of the funds provided in this Act to the Indian Health Service
or Bureau of Indian Affairs'.
SEC. 3005. A payment of $800,000 from the total amount of $1,000,000 for
construction of the Pike's Peak Summit House, as specified in Conference
Report 105-337, accompanying the Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1998, Public Law 105-83, and
payments of $2,000,000 for the Borough of Ketchikan to participate in a study
of the feasibility and dynamics of manufacturing veneer products in Southeast
Alaska and $200,000 for construction of the Pike's Peak Summit House, as
specified in Conference Report 105-825 accompanying the Department of the
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1999 (as
contained in division A, section 101(e) of the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)), shall
be paid in lump sum and shall be considered direct payments, for the purposes
of all applicable law except that these direct grants may not be used for
lobbying activities.
SEC. 3006. MILLSITES OPINION. (a) PROHIBITION ON MILLSITE LIMITATIONS- Notwithstanding
the opinion dated November 7, 1997, by the Solicitor of the Department of the
Interior concerning millsites under the general mining law (referred to in
this section as the `opinion'), in accordance with the millsite provisions of the Bureau of
Land Management Handbook for Mineral Examiners H-3890-1, page III-8 (dated
1989), and section 2811.33 of the Forest Service Manual (dated 1990), the
Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture shall not limit
the number or acreage of millsites based on the ratio between the number or
acreage of millsites and the number or acreage of associated lode or placer
claims with respect to the Crown Jewel project, Okanogan County, Washington
for any fiscal year.
(b) EFFECT ON PRIOR APPROVALS AND RECORDS OF DECISION- As soon as
practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Departments of
the Interior and Agriculture shall approve the plan of operations and
reinstate the record of decision for the Crown Jewel project.
(c) No patent application or plan of operations submitted prior to the
date of the enactment of this Act shall be denied pursuant to the opinion of
the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior dated November 7, 1997.
CHAPTER 5
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for `General departmental management',
$1,000,000, to reduce the backlog of pending nursing home appeals before the
Departmental Appeals Board.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED
For additional amounts to carry out subpart 2 of part A of title I of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $56,377,000, which shall be
allocated, notwithstanding any other provision of law, only to those local
educational agencies that received a Concentration Grant under the Department
of Education Appropriations Act, 1998, but are not eligible to receive such a
grant for fiscal year 1999: Provided, That the Secretary of Education
shall use the funds appropriated under this paragraph to provide each such
local educational agency an amount equal to the Concentration Grant the agency
received in fiscal year 1998, ratably reduced, if necessary, to ensure that
local educational agencies receiving funds under this supplemental
appropriation receive no greater share of their hold-harmless amounts than is
received by other local educational agencies: Provided further, That
the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall become available on October
1, 1999 and shall remain available through September 30, 2000, for the
academic year 1999-2000: Provided further, That the Secretary shall
not take into account the funds appropriated under this paragraph in
determining State allocations under any other program administered by the
Secretary in any fiscal year.
HIGHER EDUCATION
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Of the funds made available for the Education Research, Statistics, and
Improvement account in section 101(f) of Public Law 105-277, $1,500,000 are
transferred to the Higher Education account to provide additional funds to
carry out part B of title III of the Higher Education Act.
RELATED AGENCY
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
For an additional amount for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, to
remain available until expended, $30,700,000 to be available for fiscal year
1999, and $17,300,000 to be available for fiscal year 2000: Provided,
That such funds be made available to National Public Radio, as the designated
manager of the Public Radio Satellite System, for acquisition of satellite
capacity.
GENERAL PROVISION, THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 3007. WHITE RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT #47-1. From any unobligated funds
that are available to the Secretary of Education to carry out section
306(a)(1) of the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1996, the
Secretary shall provide not more than $239,000, under such terms and
conditions as the Secretary determines appropriate, to the White River School
District #47-1, White River, South Dakota, to be used to repair damage caused
by water infiltration at the White River High School, which shall remain
available until expended.
CHAPTER 6
CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Salaries and Expenses
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
(RESCISSION)
Immediately upon the enactment of this Act, $3,521,000, appropriated under
this heading in Public Law 105-275, are rescinded: Provided, That for
replacement of the existing House of Representatives payroll system,
$3,521,000 for the Chief Administrative Officer, to remain available until
expended.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Capitol Buildings and Grounds
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS
HOUSE PAGE DORMITORY
For necessary expenses for a House Page Dormitory, $3,760,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the Architect of the Capitol
shall transfer to the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives such portion of the funds made available under this paragraph
as may be required for expenses incurred by the Chief Administrative Officer,
subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives: Provided further, That section 3709 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5) shall not apply to the funds made
available under this paragraph.
O'NEILL HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
For necessary expenses for life safety renovations to the O'Neill House
Office Building, $1,800,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United
States (41 U.S.C. 5) shall not apply to the funds made available under this
paragraph.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 3008. (a) The aggregate amount otherwise authorized to be
appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance for the Office of
the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the aggregate amount
otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum
allowance for the Office of the Majority Whip of the House of Representatives
shall each be increased by $333,000.
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2000 and each
succeeding fiscal year.
SEC. 3009. (a) Each office described under the heading `HOUSE LEADERSHIP
OFFICES' in the Act making appropriations for the legislative branch for a
fiscal year may transfer any amounts appropriated for the office under such
heading among the various categories of allowances and expenses for the office
under such heading.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any amounts
appropriated for official expenses.
(c) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 1999 and each
succeeding fiscal year.
SEC. 3010. Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, the lump
sum allowance authorization amount for certain offices shall be adjusted as
follows:
(1) The allowance for the Chief Deputy Majority Whips is increased by
$25,000.
(2) The allowance for the Chief Deputy Minority Whips is increased by
$25,000.
SEC. 3011. RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. (a) PURPOSE- It is the purpose of
this section to establish, in accordance with the provisions of this
section--
(1) a pilot program within the Library of Congress for fiscal year 1999;
and
(2) a permanent program within the Executive agency designated by the
President of the United States for fiscal years 2000 and thereafter,
to enable emerging political leaders of Russia at all levels of government
to gain significant, firsthand exposure to the American free market economic
system and the operation of American democratic institutions through visits to
governments and communities at comparable levels in the United States.
(1) IN GENERAL- The head of the administering agency shall annually
award grants to government or community organizations in the United States
that seek to establish programs under which those organizations will host
eligible Russians for the purpose described in subsection (a).
(2) DURATION- The period of stay in the United States for any eligible
Russian supported with grant funds under this section shall not exceed 30
days.
(3) LIMITATION- The number of eligible Russians supported with grant
funds under this section shall not exceed 3,000 in any fiscal year.
(A) IN GENERAL- Subject to the availability of appropriations, the
head of the administering agency--
(i) may contract with nongovernmental organizations having expertise
in carrying out the activities described in subsection (a) for the
purpose of carrying out the administrative functions of the program
(other than the awarding of grants); and
(ii) may, without regard to the civil service laws and regulations
(or, in the case of the Librarian of Congress, any requirement for
competition in hiring), appoint and terminate an executive director and
such other additional personnel as may be necessary to enable the
administering agency to perform its duties under this
section.
(B) WAIVER OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING- The Librarian of Congress, after
consultation with the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress, may
enter into contracts under subparagraph (A)(i) to carry out the pilot
program during fiscal year 1999 without regard to section 3709 of the
Revised Statutes or any other requirement for competitive contracting or
the providing of notice of contracting opportunities.
(c) USE OF FUNDS- Grants awarded under subsection (b) shall be used to
pay--
(1) the costs and expenses incurred by each program participant in
traveling between Russia and the United States and in traveling within the
United States;
(2) the costs of providing lodging in the United States to each program
participant, whether in public accommodations or in private homes; and
(3) such additional administrative expenses incurred by organizations in
carrying out the program as the head of the administering agency may
prescribe.
(1) IN GENERAL- Each organization in the United States desiring a grant
under this section shall submit an application to the head of the
administering agency at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such
information as such head may reasonably require.
(2) CONTENTS- Each application submitted pursuant to paragraph (1)
shall--
(A) describe the activities for which assistance under this section is
sought;
(B) include the number of program participants to be
supported;
(C) describe the qualifications of the individuals who will be
participating in the program; and
(D) provide such additional assurances as the head of the
administering agency determines to be essential to ensure compliance with
the requirements of this section.
(3) WAIVER- The Librarian of Congress may waive the requirement of this
subsection in carrying out the pilot program during fiscal year 1999.
(1) IN GENERAL- There is established a Russian Leadership Program
Advisory Board which shall advise the head of the administering agency as to
the carrying out of the permanent program during fiscal years 2000 and
thereafter.
(2) MEMBERSHIP- The Advisory Board under paragraph (1) shall consist
of--
(A) two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, of whom one shall be designated by the Majority Leader of
the House of Representatives and one shall be designated by the Minority
Leader of the House of Representatives;
(B) two members appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate,
of whom one shall be designated by the Majority Leader of the Senate and
one shall be designated by the Minority Leader of the Senate;
(C) the Librarian of Congress;
(D) a private individual with expertise in international exchange
programs, designated by the Librarian of Congress; and
(E) an officer or employee of the administering agency, designated by
the head of the administering agency.
(3) TERMS- Each member appointed under paragraph (2) shall serve for a
term of 3 years. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the
original appointment and the individual so appointed shall serve for the
remainder of the term.
(f) REPORTING- The head of the administering agency shall, not later than
3 months following the close of each fiscal year for which such agency
administered the program, report to Congress with respect to the conduct of
such program during such fiscal year. Such report shall include information
with respect to the number of participants in the program and the cost of the
program, and any recommendations on improvements necessary to enable the
program to carry out the purposes of this section.
(A) IN GENERAL- Of funds made available under the heading `SENATE'
under title I of the Legislative Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law
105-275; 112 Stat. 2430 et seq.), $10,000,000 shall be made available,
subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate,
to the administering agency to carry out the program.
(B) USE OF FUNDS AT CLOSE OF FISCAL YEAR- Funds made available under
this paragraph which are unexpended and unobligated as of the close of
fiscal year 1999 shall no longer be available for such purpose and shall
be available for the purpose originally appropriated.
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2000 AND SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS-
(A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS- There are authorized to be
appropriated to the administering agency for fiscal years 2000 and
thereafter such sums as may be necessary to carry out the
program.
(B) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS- Amounts appropriated pursuant to
subparagraph (A) are authorized to remain available until
expended.
(h) DEFINITIONS- In this section:
(1) ADMINISTERING AGENCY- The term `administering agency' means--
(A) for fiscal year 1999, the Library of Congress; and
(B) for fiscal year 2000, and subsequent fiscal years, the Executive
agency designated by the President of the United States under subsection
(a)(2).
(2) ELIGIBLE RUSSIAN- The term `eligible Russian' means a Russian
national who is an emerging political leader at any level of
government.
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